The Push for National Privacy Rules | Hush on FOX 32 Chicago

On September 14, 2026, Hush co-founder and CEO Mykolas Rambus joined ChicagoLIVE on FOX 32 Chicago to discuss Flock cameras and other automated license plate readers, a technology now being debated in cities across the country.

Rambus said these cameras are inevitable and will only become more common. The problem is regulation. There are few rules on what can be deployed, who can access the data, and how long it can be stored. More than 20 states have privacy laws on the books, but they are limited and do not address license plate readers. Because people cross state lines every day, he argued the country needs a national privacy statute.

On cities moving to ban the cameras, Rambus said the debate itself is healthy. Some bans make sense where a state has no rules on how the data is used, and there have been reports of misuse. He expects many of those towns to bring the cameras back once common sense laws are in place, starting with basic registration of who operates each camera.

For individuals, he recommended setting social media accounts to private to limit impersonation and deepfakes, changing passwords regularly, and using a password manager, or even pen and paper, rather than leaving passwords on an unlocked device. The trend Hush is watching most closely is impersonation, where fraudsters use what people share online to scam their friends and family.